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Genre:
Emancipated Slasher
Country, Year:
Frankreich, Schweiz, Mexiko, 2018
Duration:
102 Minuten
Director:
Yann Gonzalez
Writer:
Yann Gonzalez, Cristiano Mangione
Language/Subtitles:
French, Spanish/German
Cast:
Vanessa Paradis, Nicolas Maury, Kate Moran
DoP:
Simon Beaufils
Editor:
Raphaël Lefèvre
Music:
M83
Submitted by:
Kinology
screenings
24.4.24 18:00
Odeon

A heartfelt stabbing

Un couteau dans le coeur

Season Special: Celebrating the Underdog

‍COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR (released in German as MESSER IM HERZ) is the feature film debut by French director Yann Gonzales and is set in the Parisian gay scene of the late 1970s. The life of Anne (played by Vanessa Paradis), a producer of cheap gay porn, changes dramatically when she is abandoned by her partner Loïs (Kate Moran) and her cast fall victim to a series of mysterious murders.

The French-Swiss production is a wild mix of styles of slasher, comedy and thriller and is often described as “gay emancipation cinema.” An intoxication for all senses in a world outside the norm and far removed from prevailing values.

Delicious campy and queer. This slasher, accompanied by neon lights and the electronic soundtrack from M83, explores the dark and insatiable side of longing through the eyes of the protagonist and through the lens of the director.

Salomé Brozman